The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-11-19

some years he had not seen 1t. OlI AS MS
father was growing old he concluded not long
ago to pay him Il visit, and he took his daugh-
ter, Miss Dovie. with him, that she might
learn to know her kin-toIk. There are mary
good things about the Old N,rth State. apart
from any partial glamour such rs we have
spoken of above, and if her men have been
called tar heels. it may well be said thar IL
has partly been from the fact that when they
faced Il Toe TO liberty their feet have stuck 10
the soil until they either won or were fairly
vsnquIshed. II was in MecElanburg county,
NC. tina; the first declaration of independence
was framed and adopted. and where in 100,
her brave people renowned their allegiance
to the crown of Great Britain, and the old
state has bred soldiers ever since. and never
q Drawer one than Samuel JAY Andrew.
Captain Andrews recent visit was 10
Statesville, i'll iredeil county, which lies in
the middle western half of the state. Ii is
an agricultural county. principally, bat it
has. of late, in common with many portions
of the south, developed very considerable
manufacturing interests. In G0nyers ation
with Capt. Andrew, a few days ago, he be-
came quite eloquent in his e~ulogIes upon The
material advancement of that portion of the
south through which his journey had taken
him. He says the changes and improvements
made in a few years are simply wonderful.
Statesville, which III a short time has grown
from q mere hamlet to be quite Il town Is
alive with industry. L. has two large tobacco
now quite u little cotton market, 100 bales a
lnp m n -, ;r- s., p-l;la H. .-.. ~ ~.
pound was baled in that county before the
war, which is an evidence of the better man
agement of small holdings under the present
system. One of the largest herbarlums in
the world is situated at Statesville, that of the
Wallace Bros. 1t gathers immense quanti-
ties of ginseng, snake root, sassafras, and ill.,
deed Of many medicinal herbs. These are ship
ped to all parts of the globe. the ginseng GO
ing mostly to China. AT one time, while he
was there, the firm had on hsnd 81, OO0
pounds of blackDerries. These go principal
ly into Yankee pies and indigestious, being
shipped north in great quantities. There is
also II factory in StatesvilIe that makes moth
ing but shuttles for all kinds of looms. But
they are manufactured by the million TO sup
ply a European demand. the bulk OF them
going to Liverpool. They are made of laurel
and birch. Statesville also has a piOw factO-
ry. and is organizing a company for the man
uiacture OF cotton goods. Iredell county has
three or four cotton factories already, doing
we'll and Prospering. Il company is also Ee-
ing formed to put up Il fine roller mill. Capt.
Andrew says the wheat of that section
cannot be sur passed, going into market
as number one. Hickory, a little place
near at hand manu- features immense num-
bers OF wagons, which have Il great reputa-
ton, far and near. Charlotte. which has
grown from 5000 population in 1880 to Il. 900
at this time. is an enterprlsing and pushing
little city. with street cars, w~aterworks,
electric lights, etc. A good deal of gold and
silver is mined in the western part of the
state, and it Is here smeltetl aud moulded
into bricks. Lead aud copper are also pro-
duced. The captain says that living is good
down there. The climate is warm and
equable, health is excellent, his father who
Is now over ST being Il more vigorous walker
than most yOung men in this country, and
making the best OF them step out to keep up
with him. Vegetables are plentiful and
cheap. Flour sells at s. - per hundred
pounds, bacon, sides at 10 and hams at I2i
cents. Other meats in proportion. He re-
ports the condition of the negroes as being
very good; that where they work they
thrive and that Industry Is the rule. He SAYS
In one thing the appearance of the country is
in advance of this, viz, that the houses all
seem as bright as if freshly painted. He did
not know whether it was because palpt in
that climate lasts better, or for the reason
that the people paint their houses oftener.
Certainly he think the farm buildings, VII
lagos and towns appear to be fresher and
better painted, as one passes them by on the
train. The captain says politics is not much
discussed, the people are too busy; but pretty
much everybody, as far rs he could hear, was
satisfied with Cleveland. He thinks the
state will go democratic easily; that when
ever it appears as if it night be a little close
tle democrats will go to work, AMI recover
Whatever OF ground they may have lost by
carelessness and In difference in the past,
He says the T.. NJ c. A. has Il strong hold
on the young men down there, and that g.
new association of thirty-three members hiss
just been formed. Also that the Y. NJ. C. A.
building is to be erected soon, the fund for
which now amounts to one dollar for each
m of the population. 1t is to be faced
with Leopardite stone, and is to be ii hand
some structure. He met Il good many of his
old sweethea-ts, but declined to tell the in
tervleWer Just what he said TO them. Singh
lar as it seemed to him these aides whom he
has carried for 50 many years in hia mind AS
rosy-cheeked, dark-haired or auburn-rinc
letted maidens. have somehow suddenly
slipped along into m%atrOnly bodies, no less
sweet than of old. but not SO Young and
hoydenish, and with Il gray hair about the
that the people of Iredell are quite prim aud
precise. That there is no SUNDAY visiting.
Ii u young man calls on u Young lady of a
quiet Sabbath evening, or wants to STAY after
church, he is politely asked to please rome
back next week. And the rule is that the
boys do not stay after 10 O'Clock, p. M, on
any night. Hoity. tOits The dear fellow
is getting old. Wen wager a cooky to a
doughnut that when he was young and gaZ-
ing lovingly into the eyes of those sweet
hearts aforementioned that he found u means,
" hhSHh' tCti tUSh ROW
lovely they were. and OF week nights to ,,av
after the hour of ten. And If he will gain
the confidence of the Statesviile BOYS and
girls they will tell him that they are just like
the boys and girls befo' lie wah. The cap
tain desires US to say that most of what he
told US is the truth. As for our comments
the reader we know will accept them as such.
We are glad that Capt. Andrew has bad the
pleasure Of a visit to bis old home, and
especially glad that he adds his testimony to
all that we hear from the south, that 1t is
undergoing q great industrial revival. and
attaining to even more than It's oId-time pros
perity.